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Originally Posted by John F
but by the 4th generation, hopefully, a product is relatively mature and has useful functionality and IS NOT limited by a replaceable battery.
I would love an MP3 player with a replaceable battery (all I want is a simple MP3 player that plays music). Ditto for an ereader.
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The "3rd generation" Kobo -- the Kobo Touch -- arrives in time to mark the 1st anniversary of the US release of the "1st generation" Kobo. That's a new one, each with a significant evolution in capability, every six months. Yikes!
I'm not concerned about the replaceable battery: barring a defect, the battery ought to outlast my interest in the device, particularly when the product evolution is so insanely rapid.
And it's pretty amazing that each ereader has been released for about the same price -- one the positions itself as an affordable, serious contender.
When e-readers are in that $150 price point range, and ebooks are generally a savings for $5 or more each, a steady reader can "pay off" an ereader in a year or so ... effectively making the ereader "free". Penguin's
Sixkill, Robert B Parker's last Spenser installment, currently on the New York Times bestseller list, is $31 in hard cover (no mass or trade edition is out yet) in Toronto in stores, it's around $25... it's $9.99 as a Kobo ebook. Or Grand Central's
9th Judgment, another James Patterson thriller ... $16.50 in paper, $9.99 as a Kobo ebook.